Welcome to the Rides and Rants section, where members of the 1st XV get to vent their frustrations on the idiosyncrasies of biking, wax lyrical about the great trails they've ridden and the big crashes they've had. In other words, talk complete and utter bollox.

Reckon you can do better? Got something to rant about? Get it down and mail it to rantsandrides@1xv.co.uk

Gorrick May 2005

Alex tries XC Racing. Guess what? He has an opinion.

It's OK to be wrong

Ever fallen in love with something you shouldn't have fallen in love with?

Things you need to learn

Oh dear, a few lessons brought home during a summer enduro

Wrong side of the road

Do you feel like this after a ride?

The Call of the Tar Side

Alex tries Road Riding. This is what he thought.

Whyte's Level - A Poem

Penfold pens a literary masterpiece inspired by the Welsh beauty that is Whyte's Level.